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Encore uses the power of personal stories and other communications techniques to challenge conventional thinking about aging and create a new narrative for later life, characterized by individual renewal and social impact.

To be raped at 15 by her sister's husband, to give birth to him at 16. And in order not to be “ashamed”, the sister brings her husband to her, and she lives with her rapist for 12 years. What is it, heroism or fear?

The highly publicized national story of an underdog event management company taking the important challenge of feeding food-insecure Americans during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The documentary reflects women who have been caring for life for a long time, in the countryside, in the city and within their homes. It aims to make visible the important territorial work carried out by women, dissidents and feminist organizations in pursuit of guaranteeing the right to food; as well as to problematize gender inequality in food production, distribution and consumption models. Listening to these voices, these experiences is a challenge that we have at the University and building these bridges, highlighting the importance that women have in order to generate other food systems that are in harmony with nature and with human beings, guaranteeing access to healthy, safe and sovereign foods.

Manipulation of a fragment from the past. A study and an improvisational description of the “forwardness (of time)." Initially, it suggests a form of development and passage, but the presence of sound, the glass, and its reflections denote a physical separation in the space, alluding to a "preservation" akin to that of a laboratory or an aquarium. Rather than limiting itself to a binary opposition, the work attempts to discuss a perplexity that exists between what can be controlled and what cannot.

The creation of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) in 1971 and the impact it has had on the development of the park over the years. Most of the land within the park is privately owned, yet the Adirondacks remain largely undeveloped.

Ginkgo trees are separated by sex; only the female trees bear fruit. Once highly esteemed as natural sources of health, city dwellers today object to their pungent smell and, as gardeners, prefer the less complicated, more fragrant “fruitless” male plants. Tang Han explains with infographics, apt short sound comments and sympathetic objectivity.

Ιn Eleochori, Messinia, the last and elderly residents tell us how they rebuilt it after it was destroyed in the great earthquake of ’86 In the mountains through which modern Greece began we have the opportunity to see elements of the past coming into contact with the present and to reflect on the past looking back at us. We visit Eleochori, Messinia and talk to the elderly residents who stubbornly decided to rebuild their village when it was destroyed in the earthquake of 86. But time and the modernization of life have left the village empty as most left for Kalamata or even larger city in Greece.

John Sweeney murdered and dismembered the bodies of two ex-girlfriends before dumping them in canals in London and Rotterdam in 1990 and 1992. This programme examines the police investigation that finally brought him to justice after evading capture for years, and reveals how John Sweeney was ultimately undone by his own hand.

Power Moves is a short film discussing the generational differences between Gen-Z and other generations. Gen-Z has experienced a lot, as other generations have as well. Why is that and what has affected them most?

From his first days as president to his last, how Trump stoked division, violence and insurrection. FRONTLINE investigates Trump’s siege on his enemies, the media and even the leaders of his own party, who for years ignored the warning signs of what was to come.

When Hugh finds out that his video, his artwork has been stolen, re-contextualised, and turned into a viral meme by a TikTok user, he embarks on an internet odyssey, interrogating people.

Marapu, Fire & Ritual is a story that follows Pak Ledi, Poho Maga’s uncle, as he overcomes his family’s tarnished reputation by taking responsibility to fix the past. He believes it is the right timing to conduct a sacred four day ritual to invite the Marapu spirits back into the village. But not everyone agrees to this. Pak Ledi must first unite the village leaders.

In a landscape forgotten by time, the archaic reminder of a past civilizations remain imprinted amongst the ruins scattered across the countryside where a goat meanders. An intimate and almost mythical portrait of southern italy that bears witness to the cohabiting contradictions of distant worlds.

The life of a Dutch couple who ran a farm in central Portugal before the devastating fires that hit the area in the summer of 2017. What remains is a continuous emergency, a resistance in everyday life that does not forget the trauma of destruction.

A study on female characters taste for relationship from brazilian cinema.

Back in The Island is a short film exploring the creative journey of artist Amanda Valle as she returns home to the Dominican Republic. Amanda seeks comfort in the local culture.

The 24/7 Society has been consummated. This is a society in which the possibility of working and consuming have no limits. It threatens to steal the dream of human beings, and with it, their ability to imagine a different reality.

“Esqueleto de Hierro” is an experimental short film that portrays my migration process (with all its burdens, pains, reflections, etc.) to Brazil, suffering from a new illness, and with an eternal longing for all my loved ones.

Artist Glen Eden curates a collection of photos and objects, all of which have something in common with him: his name. In the process, he explores what a name means.

On a full moon night, a young woman follows a mysterious maintenance worker who leads her to encounter the road line markers on the highway. Between dazed scenes and all-night conversations with the labourers about their love life, she questions her own relationship for the first time. When the morning rises, she dares to change her life.

Andrey is 13 years old. He has been sent to a monastery for the summer for misbehaving. He knows the secret passages in the old towers, the name of each bell, and the meaning of life.

The house, the parents, the ravaged city streets and the stream of thoughts. This is the first self-isolation that is not self-initiated. Only one apocalypse was mandatory to bring us closer.

Divided into three parts, Cold Stack charts the melancholic decline of the oil rig industry in the Scottish Highlands. The film uncovers the destructive effects of the collapse on those who were employed by the industry, and showcases the grand visual spectacle of the dereliction of the rigs in the Cromarty Firth. The first part documents the Kishorn fabrication yard on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, encountering those who worked there during the great boom of the 1970s and 80s, and showing the ghostly remains of the yard in its current all but abandoned state. The second part shows the Cromarty Firth, where dozens of unused oil rigs are ‘cold stacked’, covering the effects of economic decline on those who formerly worked constructing the platforms. The final section looks to the future, considering the otherworldly beauty of the new form of energy that is dominant in the highlands: wind farming.

The local train is a sight to behold in the morning, overloaded with crowds fighting to get inside. A special compartment reserved for women appears as a temporary oasis – a haven for solitude and contemplation. Director Rebana Liz John questions the women, who reveal what it means to keep ambitions alive within an oppressive patriarchal system. Black and white imagery evocatively captures the details of the women’s experience in this world. They reflect on their lives, across generations, with humour, disappointment and defiance, forming a complex tapestry whose common ground is endurance and survival.

Boots on Ground is an autobiographical account of a second-generation British South Asian woman’s experiences with the police, racism and violence in London. Presented in split-screen, mobile phone footage captured during protests in the summer of 2019 show the legs and feet of police officers patrolling the area around Buckingham Palace and The Houses of Parliament in indiscernible formations. Kiran Kaur Brar’s spoken narration describes a disturbing personal chronology of police violence and racial discrimination, beginning in her childhood in the 1980s and eventually converging with the day of filming.

Diverse days of one provincial embankment. In a remote area of ​​the provincial town, there is an unremarkable old embankment. It was built in Soviet times. At first glance, it may seem that nothing has been happening here for a long time. But observing the same place from the same survey points throughout the year, important changes are discovered, associated not only with natural phenomena, but also with people coming to the embankment. Some of the townspeople appear several times throughout the film. And it becomes clear that these walks along the river are a daily ritual for them.

Maria Iracy, better known popularly and affectionately as TIA IRACY, mainly by the players of her soccer team, is a strong and at the same time delicate woman, who made her life a soccer match and who, despite having everything to lose the championships of life, he had many more victories than defeats. A film that talks about youthfulness in the best age, about affection and, above all, his love for a phenomenon so imposed on being male (football), in the view of a woman who, because she is so maternal, becomes the greatest reference of delicacy and femininity in the life of her transsexual daughter.

Documentary exploring the king’s life and reign, looking at the relationships with the women in his life and considering the remarkable period in history he presided over – an era when the arts, culture, technology and architecture flourished in Britain.

Put the Brights On interviews four rural Transgender subjects from the Minnesota Lakes Region. The film works against common use portrayals of the rural and life in "the country" as quaint, cute, or dangerous and dumb, often with a sense of humor. Use of found footage, 16mm and Super 8 matched with the contemporary audio track give Put the Bright On a parallel low fi visual/hi fi audio contrast.

A story about 3 surfers retracing the brutal path of a legend in one of the most isolated and turbulent destinations on Earth. The Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

Jaime Estrada is the last artisanal fisherman in La Ramada cove, one of the most important ports of ancient Peru, with abundant flora and fauna. The beaches of northern Peru are disappearing due to coastal erosion, climate change and urban sprawl. Don Jaime is the guardian of La Ramada and the traditional techniques used by the fishermen of this area as many as two thousand years ago. Currently that beautiful beach exists only in his memory.

A short experimental documentary on pop musician Chayla Hope.

Kastellórizo, Greece's easternmost island, has become the symbol of the crisis between Greece and Turkey. With Ankara seeking oil and gas in the island's territorial waters, the conflict in the Aegean could escalate at any moment. Will Kastellórizo and its 250 inhabitants be the collateral victims of this geopolitical crisis?

A portrait of the Swedish singer and lyricist Alf Robertson. The working boy from Gamlestan who, with his unique voice and pen, managed to capture the ordinary and melancholy everyday life in Sweden in the 1970s and 80s. The film tells about Alf's upbringing in Gothenburg, life at sea, the years in Nashville and the enormous record successes of the 80s. But also about the illnesses and difficulties he struggled with during the end of his life.

"The rumours have circulated for decades. Did the CIA flood the inner cities of the US with crack cocaine in the 1980s? Was the American government actually responsible for the crack epidemic? "Often dismissed as a conspiracy theory, but passionately believed by huge sections of the population – the idea that US intelligence agencies knowingly protected drug traffickers and played a role in bringing cocaine into the US is one of the most often repeated stories of the War on Drugs. "But what is the truth to these allegations? It turns out the real story is perhaps even stranger than the street-level gossip. "This is how one reporter exposed a web of CIA cover-ups, and how the rest of the media destroyed him for doing so."

A short documentary/drama based in the little known world of a dancing woman. Set in the vibrant city of Lahore "Her My Voice" tells the emotional story of Komal. A deaf mute transsexual, as she reconnects with her father after he suddenly falls ill leading to a stroke.

In Homework (1989), Abbas Kiarostami put questions to students at a public school: questions about homework, punishments, and dreams of the future. The result was a portrait of the generation that grew up during the Iran-Iraq war, trapped by uncertainty and a rigid upbringing. Now, some 30 years later, directors Ashkan Nejati and Mehran Nematollahi repeat Kiarostami’s questions and come to the conclusion that the school system and society itself have changed dramatically. The gulf between rich and poor has grown far wider, and that has become evident in the schools. Parents, many of whom are illiterate, are unable to help their young ones, or otherwise too busy with their careers to supervise homework. Any sense of interest or guidance is absent.

A milestone in physics: In 2015, scientists proved the existence of gravitational waves. These waves travel billions of light-years through space, eventually reaching Earth and bringing us insights that were previously unattainable.

Take a behind-the-scenes look back at "I Dream a Dream That Dreams Back at Me," a site-specific Juneteenth celebration on campus conceived and curated by Carl Hancock Rux and directed by Nimco Sheikhaden.

The story of John Donaldson, a star pitcher in the Negro Leagues and "the greatest baseball player you've never heard of."

A study on surveillance videos showing the last sighting of missing people. The film is structured as a long walk through the city in which the exit from the scene corresponds to the total disappearance of the person. Sometimes the subject is more evident, other times it mingles in the crowd or appears in a few pixels in the distance. The edges of the picture are also the limits of the image, which can be easily crossed but which, in the case of these videos, become openings to the unknown.

Not Just a Name explores and highlights the trials and tribulations of African-Americans with cultural and unique sounding names. It follows the stories of Shiquita Williams, Fulani Bahati, and Naauh'Mocquaii Robinson-Jones as they deal with micro-aggressions and the painful and triumphant origin of their identity as conveyed through their names.

Three employees of a foundry meet up with themselves in an abandoned quarry in Charente. Affected by work, the workers remember the sequence of the gestures that they do every day.

Besides the Vatican, we are the only country left with no divorce. Many Filipinos are stuck in miserable and abusive marriages. Know the options for irreconcilable marriages, what lawmakers do, the church's stand and stories of Filipinos who are trapped in toxic marriages.

The hospitality industry is the artistic heartbeat of New York. Thousands of artists, musicians, and actors flock to Queens to work in the service industry to supplement their dreams. In March of 2020 these dreamers put their lives on hold, self- isolating and sacrificing their income as Queens became the global epicenter of COVID-19. LAST CALL follows two local bars and frontline workers in a tale of two sacrifices that saved not only the lives of thousands but also the future of New York.

A short film showcasing the queer Northeast Indian community of a neighborhood in New Delhi, called Safdarjung.

"Luke Mogelson followed Trump supporters as they forced their way into the U.S. Capitol, using his phone’s camera as a reporter’s notebook" (The New Yorker).